Atmospheric Effects on Solar Cell Calibration and Evaluation
Results are presented that illustrate atmospheric effects on cell short currents and calibration numbers for silicon, gallium arsenide, and cadmium sulfide cells. Rigorous radiative transfer codes are used in this analysis to illustrate the effects of precipitable water, turbidity, air mass, and global normal irradiance compared with direct normal irradiance on cell performance. Precipitable water is shown to have a relatively large effect on GaAs (5%) as compared to a small effect (2%) on other cells. The quantitative effects of air mass and turbidity are illustrated. It was found that under some atmospheric conditions global calibration methods have a greater dependence on air mass than direct normal calibrations methods.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 5901411
- Report Number(s):
- SERI/TR-215-1379; ON: DE82007370
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Effect of atmospheric parameters on silicon cell performance
Critical analysis of atmospheric turbidity and precipitable water at five Canadian stations
Related Subjects
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
CALIBRATION
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION
FLUIDS
GALLIUM ARSENIDE SOLAR CELLS
GASES
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
SIMULATION
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SPECTRAL RESPONSE
TURBIDITY
VAPORS
WATER VAPOR
cell calibration number
cell short-circuit current
solar cell performance
solar energy